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t. e. Martin Luther King Jr., an American civil rights activist, was fatally shot at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, on April 4, 1968, at 6:01 p.m. CST. He was rushed to St. Joseph's Hospital, where he died at 7:05 p.m at age 39. He was a prominent leader of the civil rights movement and a Nobel Peace Prize laureate who was known for ...
Jan 18, 2016 · January 18, 2016. Martin Luther King, Jr., lies at the feet of civil-rights activists pointing in the direction of his assassin. The Lorraine Motel, where King was murdered, later became a civil ...
- Allyson Hobbs
The Lorraine Motel was forever etched in America’s collective memory with the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. in 1968, but even before that fateful day, the property at 450 Mulberry Street had a fascinating history in its own right. Before it was the Lorraine, it was the Marquette Hotel that catered to black clientele in segregated Memphis. Then, in 1945 black businessman Walter ...
Nov 24, 2009 · Just after 6 p.m. on April 4, 1968, Martin Luther King, Jr. is fatally shot while standing on the balcony outside his room at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. The civil rights leader was ...
- Missy Sullivan
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At 6:05 P.M. on Thursday, 4 April 1968, Martin Luther King was shot dead while standing on a balcony outside his second-floor room at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. News of King’s assassination prompted major outbreaks of racial violence, resulting in more than 40 deaths nationwide and extensive property damage in over 100 American cities.
Jan 28, 2010 · Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. At 6:05 p.m. the following day, King was standing on the second-floor balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, where he and his associates were staying ...
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Sep 20, 2024 · Riots in Washington, D.C. Soldiers standing guard in Washington, D.C., during the riots that occurred after the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., April 1968. (more) The anguished and angry response to the news of King’s murder spread fast and furiously throughout the United States. For many his death seemed to signal the end of the ...
